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• Cashman said it’s “wasted energy” to speculate on possible trade destinations for Alex Rodriguez. “I don’t see us doing anything there,” Cashman said. “I don’t anticipate it. If someone wants to make phone calls, we’re more than willing to do all that stuff with any of our players, and that’s fine. You can run into something that way.”

• Speaking of Rodriguez, Cashman said the same thing he did at the end of the playoffs: Rodriguez is no longer an MVP candidate, but he’s still an above average third baseman. “Is he a superstar at that position? No,” Cashman said. “But I think when anybody signed that contract, expecting him to be at that level at that age would be unrealistic also.”